Let's Encrypt adds two remote perspectives for domain validation
The gist
Let's Encrypt is adding two remote perspectives for domain validation, raising validation requests from five to seven.
The change targets BGP hijacking of certificate checks and is required by industry rules.
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2026Let's Encrypt announces two new remote perspectives for domain validation, bringing total validation requests to seven (one from the primary datacenter, six from remote perspectives, up from four).
- Oct 19, 2026Gea-Suan Lin's blog and a Hacker News item posted by gslin discuss the change, noting remote perspectives go from four to six.
- Oct 27, 2026Let's Encrypt is to begin performing domain validation with the new regions in staging.